is a Japanese
women's professional shogi player ranked 4-
dan
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. She is a former Women's title holder.
Women's shogi professional
Promotion history
Ueda's
promotion history is as follows.
* 2-
kyū
is a Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in tea ceremony, flower arranging, Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, levels or degrees of proficiency or experience. In Mandarin Chin ...
: April 1, 2001
* 1-kyū: April 1, 2002
* 1-dan: April 1, 2003
* 2-dan: June 30, 2008
* 3-dan: May 10, 2011
* 4-dan: May 21, 2018
Note: All ranks are
women's professional ranks.
Titles and other championships
Ueda has appeared in major title matches nine times and has won a total of two titles: she won the Women's title in 2011 and 2012. In addition to major titles, Ueda has won one other shogi championships: the 6th in 2012.
Awards and honors
Ueda has received a number of Japan Shogi Association
Annual Shogi Awards
The Annual Shogi Awards (将棋大賞 ''shōgi taishō'') are a number of prizes awarded yearly by the Japan Shogi Association to professional and amateur shogi players who have achieved particular success. The first Annual Shogi Awards were pre ...
: "Women's Professional Most Games Played" (2009); "Women's Professional Award" and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2012); "Women's Professional Award" and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2016); and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2018).
Personal life
Ueda is married to
shogi professional Takuma Oikawa
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Early life
Oikawa was born in Matsubushi, Saitama on May 6, 1987. He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was about five years old, and developed an interest in solving :tsu ...
. The couple were married in June 2013 and have two daughters .
References
External links
* ShogiHub
Ueda, Hatsumi* blog
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Japanese shogi players
Living people
Women's professional shogi players
Queen (shogi)
1988 births
People from Kodaira, Tokyo
Professional shogi players from Tokyo Metropolis
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